Oregon House Passes Bill on Unlawful Disclosure of Private Data
The Oregon House supported making it a crime to unlawfully disclose private data. Members voted 54-2 Thursday in favor of SB-1121, which cleared a House committee in late May (see 2505290041).
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SB-1121 would make unlawful disclosure of private information a Class B misdemeanor. The bill text says: “A person commits the crime of unlawful disclosure of private information if: (a) The person, with the intent to stalk or injure another person, or to cause damage to another person’s property, knowingly causes the other person’s personal information to be disclosed; (b) The person knows or reasonably should have known that the other person did not consent to the disclosure; and (c) The other person is stalked or injured, or the other person’s property is damaged, as a result of the disclosure.”
In addition, the bill would add a right to cure to the state’s comprehensive privacy law for public broadcasters. Also, this session, Oregon lawmakers modified their privacy law, adding location and child data restrictions (see 2506040027).
The Senate previously passed SB-1121 by a 29-0 margin. But that chamber will have to vote again due to the House making some changes.